Everything, from science to civics, was very practical and in the community. We were always piling into cars and going places outside the classroom, from forest preserves to Louisiana bayous to Board of Selectmen meetings.

I can say without a doubt that had I not gone through the Advocacy program I would not have the position I have today. The program provided me the opportunity to pursue an internship with the Sierra Club in New Hampshire while at the same time studying organizing best practices.

The community there was incredible. I went to major state university for undergrad, and graduated at the top of my class, but never really applied myself. But at Antioch you just had these great relationships with professors who were interested in you and pulled the best out of you. You also had the student body that was just incredible.

The death penalty job came to me through Antioch; the director contacted Steve Chase who then said I should look into it. The working family’s job was similar; I heard about it through the department and took it. Steve sends these opportunities to alumni and students and keeps everyone up to date, it’s great.

Since graduation, I had a brief internship with the City of Springfield, MA then began with the Watershed Council as an AmeriCorps member and was then hired on full-time. I feel lucky to have found a position with an environmental advocacy organization so quickly and that the skills and connections I made during my time at Antioch certainly helped me land a position there.

Angela Mrozinski, MS '10
Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability

My current work with Global Justice Ecology Project has really helped me define the term environmental justice. Our organization attempts to analyze the interconnected root causes of social injustice, economic domination, and environmental destruction and how one feeds the other in this capitalistic and corporate-run society.

Mark your calendars and plan to come back to Antioch University New England. This will be a weekend to recognize AUNE’s past, embrace its mission, meet new friends, and reconnect with old friends. Check back soon for more updates!

Hike and explore Monadnock State Park with Environmental Studies students who are members of the Monadnock Ecological Research and Education (MERE) Project. They will share information about natural history and outdoor safety, and will lead short activities at the visitors’ center.

Join us for the first initiation ceremony of Chi Sigma Iota Counseling and Professional Honor Society for AUNE Applied Psychology students, faculty and alumni, followed by a presentation by Dance/Movement Therapy students.

Join us to celebrate AUNE’s milestone at Stonewall Farms. Enjoy a cash bar, appetizers, and live music while mixing and mingling with old and new friends. Tickets cost $35 per person (limit 150 guests). For those who would otherwise be unable to attend, some donated tickets are available at no charge. Purchase online or call 603-283-2165.

AUNE Environmental Studies: Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability

“Is it enough for a scientist simply to publish a paper? Isn’t it a responsibility of scientists, if you believe that you have found something that can affect the environment, isn’t it your responsibility to actually do something about it, enough so that action actually takes place?”

Pursue a professional path of purpose

Choice of venue matters and so do your passions and professional path. Whether you want to effect change at the community, state, national, or international level, we’ll support you at whatever scale you want to make a difference.

Master the knowledge, strategies, and tools to lead effective change

Create a video documentary on communities affected by contaminated drinking water. Develop carbon-reduction programs for businesses. Challenge gold mining operations on sacred tribal lands. Advocate for pro-environmental corporate shareholder proposals. Or communicate science to inform land and water protection policies. We’ll support you in whatever means you choose to do your advocacy work.

Where do you want to make a difference? Create effective policies in local, state, national, and/or international arenas. Direct community-based organizations, research solutions to critical environmental and social challenges, or lead communications and development projects for a range of organizations. Advance clean energy. Mitigate climate change and help communities adapt to its impacts. Lead conservation and sustainable resource initiatives. Lead organizations committed to economic, environmental, and social justice. You choose the type of advocacy work you want to do and we’ll help you prepare for it.

Program Delivery

“We need to get our act together as a society….I was so pleased to see things here [at Antioch] like a program in Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability. [Together] we need to build a common progressive coalition that unites progressives across all stripes.”

Gus Speth, co-founder Natural Resources Defense Council, founder World Resources Institute, Professor of Law at Vermont Law School

Track 1: Students who choose Track 1 register for 4 courses in both their first Fall and first Spring semesters. This track provides students with an opportunity to schedule the entire Summer and/or Spring II semesters off campus. *This is the preferred sequence for those intending to do a Master’s Thesis or Master’s Project. Track 2: Students who choose Track 2 register for a maximum of 3 courses per semester. This Track provides students with a more evenly paced sequence of coursework throughout their program. REQUIREMENTS: 42 CREDITS Select any 3 out of 4 Core courses Core (C), 9 credits; Concentration (T), 6 credits; Methods: courses selected by student, 18 credits; Internship, 6 credits; Capstone Project, 3 credits

Track 1

Track 2

Fall I (12 credits) Earth Systems and Climate Change (C)(3) Community Ecology of the New England Landscape (C)(3) Advocacy: The Essentials (T)(3) Methods(3)

Fall I (9 credits) Earth Systems and Climate Change (C)(3) Community Ecology of the New England Landscape (C)(3) Advocacy: The Essentials (T)(3)

Over the last five decades, there has been exponential growth in the number of social movement organizations, a significant growth in memberships and budgets, and a corresponding growth in the number of paid advocacy positions available.

Eight Areas Where You Can Do Good Work

Professional public interest advocacy organizations usually work on a single issue or set of issues through research and education, lobbying, litigation, inter-group coalition building, and high-level negotiations with decision-makers.

Grassroots organizations mobilize specific communities and constituencies to take collective action through community organizing, popular education, community development, alternative institutions, and direct action campaigns.

Labor unions and professional associations represent and mobilize their members on political, economic, and social issues of interest to members and the public.

Progressive electoral public policy groups such as third parties, major party caucuses, non-partisan groups, and Political Action Committees.

Social action training and political education groups work with other advocacy organizations and activists to build up their personal and organizational capacities as advocates and organizers.

Research and data management organizations help meet the information needs of social movement organizations, often in direct collaboration and sometimes even with the full participation of community and public interest groups.

Progressive media and cultural groups produce documentaries, radio shows, books and periodicals, web-pages for activists and the public; offer public relations assistance to activist groups seeking to influence the mass media; and create art, music, and theater that inspire activists and the public.

Progressive, social change philanthropy groups including individual foundations and coordinating groups like National Network of Grantmakers and the Donor Organizers Network.

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